NGC 6793

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkb:open_cluster
gptkbp:age approximately 1 billion years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 12.0
approximately 14.0
gptkbp:associated_stars several hundred stars
gptkbp:associated_with Lyra constellation stars
gptkbp:contains_star gptkb:NGC_6819
gptkbp:coordinates 19h 22m 36s +30° 12' 00''
gptkbp:declination +30° 00' 00"
+30° 12' 00''
gptkbp:diameter approximately 50,000 light-years
6.0 arcminutes
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkb:John_Herschel
gptkbp:discovery_year 1784
1831
gptkbp:distance_from_earth approximately 30 million light-years
approximately 3,500 light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:features star-forming regions
dust lanes
bright star clusters
gptkbp:has_color 0.8
gptkbp:has_companion NGC 6794
NGC 6795
gptkbp:has_features SBc
gptkbp:has_spectral_type Sbc
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 6793
gptkbp:image Hubble Space Telescope image available
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:Very_Large_Telescope
gptkb:Keck_Observatory
gptkb:Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey
gptkb:Palomar_Observatory
gptkbp:is_visible_from best viewed in autumn
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Milky_Way
constellation Lyra
gptkbp:metallicity solar metallicity
gptkbp:notable_features rich star field
gptkbp:notable_for its spiral structure
gptkbp:previous_name PGC 63400
UGC 11480
gptkbp:redshift 0.0023
gptkbp:research observed by various telescopes
binoculars or small telescope
gptkbp:right_ascension 19h 22m 36s
gptkbp:scientific_classification gptkb:region
gptkbp:type gptkb:open_cluster
gptkb:spiral_galaxy